Chinese MMORPG: Dungeon Heroes Review

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In my childhood, arcade games are always the reason for quitting class – We spent our money on icons and enjoyed our lives a lot! But in the year of 2009, a game called Dungeon & Fighter attracted lots of players in Asia. Today we are going to introduce a similar game called Dungeon Heroes produced by 9you.com.

LogoDungeon Heroes, a free-to-play real-time 3D Chinese MMORPG, wonderfully combines fighting game with role-playing game. The fantasy world of Dungeon Heroes consists of four wisdom species: human, elf, dwarf and dragon. The whole game has a complicated storyline by way of survival, glory, status and fortune. Mixing chivalry spirit and church culture in European medieval times together with human and culture environment in Eastern world, the game pays more attention on interaction among players and lets players experience both cultures of real world and gameplay of RPG.

The screens in Dungeon Heroes are a feast for eyes. With realistic 3-D graphics on the figures and sceneries, the game takes fantasy as its game background. The graphics are delicate, gorgeous and magnificent. The game arts are composed of medieval and modern style, forming a fusion of the culture and trend. For example, mysterious forest road full of green grass, lost jungle among the hills, solemn and serene mercenary town, prosperous seaside city, etc. The shining actions and movements with cool combos and special skills are formed the main part of such action-themed game. Either the backgrounds or fighting skills make players enjoy an incredible visual concussion, as if they were in the cinema.

Forest Road  Night Plain

Mercenary Town  Battlefield

There are three main character classes: Fencer, Warrior and Conjurer. When you have reached certain level, you can change your character to explore the mystery of the job branch. Each class has its own branch of jobs. Fencer includes Magic Fencer, Berserker and Paladin. Having both physical attack and magic powers, Magic Fencers can use the power of fire and lightning to strengthen their weapons. Berserkers have fought against the enemies in an uncontrollable and trance-like fury, whose reckless attacks always give heavy losses on enemies. Paladins are glorious and respected persons ennobled to learn a saint power which has a fatal damage on the dead. Warrior includes Martial Artist, Onimusha and Nen Master. Martial Artists are continuously training their bodies to use the utmost strength of their fists and feet. Onimushas are the people who live in the darkness. In the period of cultivating in the totally different world, they are able to travel together with the spirits. Nen Masters are the masters who are training internally and externally so that they have a understanding of Qigong, a traditional Chinese martial arts and self-enlightenment. Conjurer includes High Priest, Element Summoner and Wizard. High Priests have sacred duties to cure wounds and injuries, while Element Summoners can use different magic powers of natural elements. In order to become more powerful, Wizards are in the way of curse.

Character Classes

Dungeon Heroes is full of diverse and amazing instances. There are four degrees of difficulty: easy, normal, difficult and extremely difficult. When you have achieved certain requirements, you can enter into the map of instance to start your adventure. Pet system is an indispensable part in the game. Every monster has its own soul when it is wondering in the fantasy world. Catch it and it will finally become your powerful companion to venture this world besides your teammates. Unity is strength. When facing fierce monsters, the mercenary team is the best group to fight against them. Joining in the team will not only be easier to kill the monsters, but also have more EXP on the skills and figure. Because of the rich game contents, you will never have the feeling of boredom.

Boss Fight  Pet

According to Jungle Rule, the strong survives, while the weak goes to the ground. As a fighting game, the competitions have both individual and team in the game. Individual mode includes free PvP and competitive PvP. Free PvP means you can freely challenge other players within five minutes in the competition hall but without any extra reward and punishment. In the way of free PvP, you can pick up new friends. No discord, no concord. Competitive PVP needs to pay certain entry fee and queue up according to automatic classification by the system. In the competition, players can get different points and rewards. The upper your rank is, the more rewards you receive. Besides individual competitions, there are also league matches once a month, massive and unstoppable GvG and even siege war under development.

Free PvP  City

Although it is very important for a valiant person in pursuit of achievement, the greatest pleasure of Dungeon Heroes lies in conquering the fantasy world.